"They don’t understand that when you come out of the box you’re thinking about what the guy’s trying to do," Ortiz continued. "This is not like you go to the plate with an empty mind. We’re not doing it just for doing it. Our mind is speeding up. When I come out, I’m thinking, 'What is this guy going to try to do to me next?' I'm not walking around just because they are cameras all over the place and I want my buddies back home to see me."

Ortiz also said he was disappointed MLB enacted the rules without consulting players.

"They put the rules together but they don't talk to us," he said. "Why don't you come and ask questions first? And then we can get into an agreement. But just like, 'You've got to do this just because I say so?' Oh, buddy, it doesn't work that way."

Players who violate the rules will be fined $500, but no fines will be issued during spring training or the first month of the regular season.

"I might run out of money," Ortiz joked. "I'm not going to change my game. I don't care what they say."

Fox Sports' Ken Rosenthal later reported that the first offense will trigger a warning, with the next four resulting in a "progressive fine." Rosenthal also reports that a player "can be suspended for just cause on his sixth offense if he displays 'willful disregard' of the rule."​

- Dan Gartland

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